Windom Area Health recently partnered with TeleHealth Solution™ a leading telemedicine provider group available for usage in acute and post-acute healthcare settings across the United States to provide afterhours care to patients via telemedicine. The service will help provide expert clinical care to both inpatients on nights and weekends, and also to patients needing to be admitted from the Emergency Department on nights and weekends. Nursing staff have the ability to connect with the provider via a monitor at the patient’s bedside.
Windom Area Health’s CEO, Shelby Medina, stated, “In healthcare, physician burnout is a real thing, especially in rural settings where primary care providers work in a clinic all day, along with care for their patients in the hospital around the clock. Not only is this difficult on our providers, but it also makes it difficult to recruit new providers to rural communities, that may be looking for more work/life balance.”
Windom Area Health’s Governing Board, medical staff, and leadership team, have all identified that retaining current medical staff is a strategic priority, along with being able to attract new clinical talent to our communities for generations to come.
Dr. Waseem Ghannam, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of TeleHealth Solution™.” Stated their board-certified virtual care physicians work in collaboration with the local providers who are onsite at Windom, providing care to patients during night and weekend hours. This will allow current providers to spend more time with their families and loved ones, helping combat physician burnout.” TeleHealth Solution™ includes services encompassing technology and highly trained clinical providers that facilitate patient-centered virtual experiences, allowing patients to stay healthier onsite, and healthcare facilities to differentiate themselves and add new revenue streams.
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The City of Windom Boulevard Tree Program is back for 2022. According to City Office Assistant, Lisa Vollan, the Boulevard Tree Program was discontinued due to CoVid for the past two years, but the Windom City Tree Commission has reinstated this program. The trees are available through the Watawon Watershed Wellhead Protection Grant and Windom Citizens can obtain one of the eight varieties by calling the City Office and reserving. Cost is $25 per tree and that does include planting. The following tree will be available for residential homes:
American Elm, Honey Locust, Hackberry, Matador Maple, Coffee Tree, Bur Oak, Linden, Flowering Crab.
There are a couple of must dos to participate in this program. You must call the City Office prior to May 1st to participate. You must have 25 feet clearance to have the tree planted and you must be responsible for watering and care. According to Vollan, there is no extensive paperwork to fill out. You just need to call the City Office at 507-831-6129 and answer a couple of questions to get on the list. Crews will be out the 3rd or 4th week of May to start the tree planting.
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Murray County Board of Commissioners will meet on Tuesday, February 22nd at 8:30am in the Murray County Government Center. The Center is open to the public and if you would like information to call in or to log in via Zoom please go to the Murray County Home Page.
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Mountain Lake City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 22nd at 6:30pm at the Mountain Lake City Hall. There will be a Small Cities Development Grant Program Public Hearing at 6:30pm to start the meeting.
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Red Rock Central School District Board of Education will meet on Wednesday February 23rd at 5pm in Lamberton.
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